比莉·哈乐黛

Billie Holiday

饰：Self,(archive footage)

比尔·帕特森

Bill Paterson

饰：Narrator,

Phil Nice

Phil Nice

饰：Reader,

奈特·亨托夫

Nat Hentoff

饰：Self - music critic

玛娅安杰洛

Maya Angelou

饰：Self - writer

Dan Morgenstern

饰：Self - jazz historian

Yolande Bavan

饰：Self - Billie Holiday's friend

阿缇·肖

Artie Shaw

饰：Self,(archive footage)

艾丽斯·沃克

Alice Walker

饰：Self - writer

斯坦利·克劳奇

Stanley Crouch

饰：Self - music critic

Bevan Dufty

饰：Self - Billie Holiday's godson

George Avakian

饰：Self - record producer

安妮·罗斯

Annie Ross

饰：Self - singer

Lester Young

饰：Self,(archive footage)

David Margolick

David Margolick

饰：Self - writer

William Dufty

饰：Self - Billie Holiday's friend

路易斯·阿姆斯特朗

Louis Armstrong

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Ray Ellis

Yvette Blais

饰：Self - arranger